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Petersianthus quadrialatus (also called toog and Philippine rosewood) is an emergent tropical rainforest tree species in the Lecythidaceae family. In the Visayas region called kapullan, in the Samar and Leyte areas - magtalisai. It is an indigenous tree species in the southeastern Philippines and one of the largest tree species in the ...
There are over 137 genera and about 998 species of orchids so far recorded in the Philippines as of 2007. [5] The broad lowland and hill rain forests of the Philippines, which are mostly gone today, [6] were dominated by at least 45 species of dipterocarps. These massive trees were abundant to up to 1,000 meters above sea level.
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Download as PDF; Printable version ... Ziziphus talanae, the balakat, aligamen, or talanai, is a species of tree in ... in the Philippines, [1] The tree is found in ...
Cotinus: smoke trees; Cotinus coggygria: common smoke tree Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Cotinus obovatus: American smoke tree Anacardiaceae (cashew family) 996 Harpephyllum: harpephyllum plum trees; Harpephyllum afrum: South African wild plum Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Mangifera: mangos; Mangifera caesia: jack; binjai; Malaysian mango
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants with 22 genera [3] and about 695 known species [4] of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. [5] [6] The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpaceae occurs in ...
Shorea astylosa is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is known as yakal in the Filipino language. Yakal is a medium to large tree about 25 to 30 meters tall. Its wood is hard and dark brownish-yellow, its branchlets slender, blackish, and slightly hairy.
Leichhardt pine", however, is more commonly used for the kadam or burrflower tree (Neolamarckia cadamba), a closely related species. The two were often confused together, but the native range of Leichhardt trees does not extend to India where kadam trees are common. It is known chiefly as bangkal in the Philippines.